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<div class="field field-name-field-blog-featured field-type-file field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>On his Fox News show last night, Bill O’Reilly <a href="http://www.mediaite.com/tv/oreilly-panel-ponders-whether-glee-encourages-teens-to-experiment-with-alternative-lifestyles/">hosted a panel</a> that discussed whether this week’s episode of Glee might be encouraging “alternative lifestyles.”</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.towleroad.com/2012/04/oreillyglee.html"><img class="media-image" height="117" id="2" style="height: 117px; width: 200px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; float: left;" width="200" src="http://www.glaad.org/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Carlson%20Glee.JPG?itok=chR4Pzoj" alt="" />Fox News Host Gretchen Carlson led off the panel</a>, saying that Glee was “pandering to the .3% of the American population that considers themselves transgender,” and complained that she had to “explain this to my 8-year-old, if I want her to see a nice family show with some nice music.”</p>
<p>There are two serious problems with these remarks – the first being the ridiculous idea that representation is somehow “pandering.” But more troublingly was the idea that Carlson hated the idea of having to “explain this” to her child. This statement actually explains exactly why characters like Unique are so important.</p>
<p>If Carlson is legitimately uncomfortable in having to “explain this” to her daughter, it’s because when she grew up, “this” was not explained to her, either by her parents or by the media – and because she lives in a part of our culture that simply does not have many (if any) transgender people in it. <a href="http://www.gallup.com/poll/118931/knowing-someone-gay-lesbian-affects-views-gay-issues.aspx">Study</a> after <a href="http://www.glaad.org/2008/12/03/the-pulse-of-equality/">study</a> has shown that simply knowing someone who is LGBT can drastically improve the way a person sees LGBT issues. But for people who don't know a transgender person, most of their understanding of the issues and challenges that trans people face comes from the media. If Unique stays on as a character, and if Carlson’s daughter <em>really likes the show</em>, I think there’s a good chance she’ll someday be a lot less uncomfortable than her mom is now, when speaking about transgender people with her own children. </p>
<p><img class="media-image" height="120" id="2" style="height: 120px; width: 200px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; float: right;" width="200" src="http://www.glaad.org/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/pirro%20glee.JPG?itok=7s1HvIFn" alt="" />Next up was Fox News legal analyst Jeanine Pirro, who stood up for the episode, pointing out that “from day one, Glee has been the kind of show that has displayed kids that you don’t see on other television shows. Kids who are homeless, who are transgender as we see, who are handicapped, who are gay or whatever the issue might be and that’s exactly the point.” Pirro conceded to Carlson that only .3% percent of the population is transgender, but explained that that’s why it’s important that they are represented in shows like Glee.</p>
<p>Impressively, Pirro then informed O’Reilly’s audience that transgender youth are more likely to be victims of bullying, more likely to suffer from depression, and more likely to wind up homeless than other youth, and that it’s a good thing that “they have someone to relate to.”</p>
<p><img class="media-image" height="119" id="2" style="height: 119px; width: 200px; float: left; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;" width="200" src="http://www.glaad.org/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/O%27Reilly%20Glee%201.JPG?itok=dswWv3sn" alt="" />But of course, Bill O’Reilly was unconvinced, and felt that if unsupervised children were watching the show, “they might go out and experiment with this stuff.” (it seemed like his use of the phrase “this stuff” referred to Unique, as well as the episode’s ‘sex tape’ plotline) He gave the example of his own desire to start smoking after he saw James Dean.</p>
<p>Pirro challenged him as well, saying (rightfully incredulously) “you think this is contagious?” to which Bill responded “I don’t know.”</p>
<p>Then O’Reilly and Carlson talked more about the problem with kids “experimenting” with being transngeder – and in the space of about 15 seconds, Gretchen Carlson:</p>
<ol style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;"><li>Conflated gender identity and sexual orientation<br /> </li>
<li>Said that “celebrities maybe do it on the side”<br /> </li>
<li>Added “it may be drug-fueled.”</li>
</ol><p>O’Reilly then said that “a lot of these dopey kids are confused about who they are”</p>
<p>The messages sent last night by Carlson and O’Reilly are extremely dangerous. They told parents of transgender youth that their children are <em>‘dopey’</em> and that any attempt by the media to portray their lives is <em>‘pandering.’</em> They told teachers who may work with transgender students that those students <em>shouldn’t be seen</em> by other kids. They told parents of kids who might go to school with a transgender student, or who might see a trans classmate being bullied, that they are right to want to <em>avoid discussing the transgender community</em> with their children.</p>
<p>And as <a href="http://equalitymatters.org/blog/201204200002">Equality Matters points out</a>, these messages are completely divorced from reality: </p>
<blockquote><p>John Oldham, president of the American Psychiatric Association (APA), stated that there was “<a href="http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2011/09/quote-of-day-john-m-oldham.html" target="_blank">no evidence</a>” that television shows could induce Gender Identity Disorder in young people. Dr. John Grohol, editor-in-chief of PsychCentral, agreed, writing that there isn’t a “<a href="http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2011/09/08/dont-let-your-kids-watch-dr-keith-ablow/" target="_blank">shred of scientific evidence</a> to support such a ridiculous premise.”</p>
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<p>We are thankful that Jeanine Pirro was a part of this panel, and my hope is that any parents or educators watching this segment were able to recognize which one of these three truly had the best interests of children at heart, and saw young people as individuals – and that the other two only seemed to care about stopping kids from even being aware of ideas that they’re personally uncomfortable with. </p>
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</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-pubdate field-type-datetime field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">April 20, 2012</span></div></div></div>
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Fri, 20 Apr 2012 17:18:36 +0000aaronmcquade49705 at http://www.glaad.orghttp://www.glaad.org/blog/oreilly-glee-might-make-kids-experiment-being-trans#commentsFox News: Still Transphobic Despite Progresshttp://www.glaad.org/blog/fox-news-still-transphobic-despite-progress
<div class="field field-name-field-blog-featured field-type-file field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Just when you thought it was safe...maybe... to watch Fox News cover trans issues.</p>
<p>Yes, this is the network that gave voice to <a href="http://www.glaad.org/blog/fox-commentators-anti-trans-claims-are-nonsense">Keith Ablow</a>, who absurdly claimed that watching Chaz Bono on Dancing with the Stars would somehow make children transgender. But it's also the network that brought Ablow on and took him to task for his comments - not once, but twice. Both <a href="http://www.newshounds.us/2011/09/15/megyn_kelly_calls_out_dr_keith_ablow_for_spreading_hate.php">Megyn Kelly</a> and <a href="http://www.mediaite.com/tv/dr-keith-ablow-tells-oreilly-chaz-bono-on-dwts-akin-to-celebrating-anorexia-heroin/">Bill O'Reilly</a> in recent weeks have dismissed Ablow's transphobia as what it is - nonsense - and stood up for Chaz's right to be proud of who he is and to dance on primetime TV.</p>
<p>Kelly and O'Reilly told their audience that Chaz should be treated with respect and dignity.</p>
<p><img class="media-image" height="100" id="3" style="width: 197px; float: left; height: 100px;" width="197" src="http://www.glaad.org/sites/default/files/styles/1200px/public/Fox%20n%20Friends.JPG?itok=xdZKfvgx" alt="" />Well, that message apparently never made it to the desks of the folks at Fox and Friends, who combined all the transphobia of Keith Ablow with all the cleverness of a fifth grader (<a href="http://gawker.com/5844284/fox--friends-recoil-at-the-mention-of-chaz-bo">to paraphrase Gawker</a>) while discussing Chaz's injured knee.</p>
<blockquote><p><strong>Brian Kilmeade:</strong> The one part of Chaz that hasn't been operated on!<br /><br /><strong>Steve Doocy:</strong> So far! [<i>Laughter</i>]</p>
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<p>All snarkiness aside, here's what happened in the couple of seconds it took these two to crack this joke. They telegraphed to their audience that rather than think of Chaz as a person, they should think of him as a series of medical procedures. They dehumanized him. By doing so, they dehumanized all transgender people. Sure, it was "just a joke" as opposed to Ablow's very serious (in tone, anyway) warning. But if Megyn Kelly and Bill O'Reilly are serious about the need to treat transgender people with dignity and respect, they now need to stand up for Chaz yet again. </p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-pubdate field-type-datetime field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">September 27, 2011</span></div></div></div>
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Tue, 27 Sep 2011 19:18:06 +0000aaronmcquade34709 at http://www.glaad.orghttp://www.glaad.org/blog/fox-news-still-transphobic-despite-progress#commentsFox Commentator's Anti-Trans Claims are Nonsensehttp://www.glaad.org/blog/fox-commentators-anti-trans-claims-are-nonsense
<div class="field field-name-field-blog-featured field-type-file field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><img class="media-image" height="135" id="2" style="float: left; height: 135px; width: 180px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;" width="180" src="http://www.glaad.org/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/keith_ablow.jpg?itok=5KlH43Ar" alt="" />Psychiatrist Keith Ablow has made uninformed and biased public comments in recent weeks which expose him as someone on the extreme fringe, and show just how necessary it is for Americans to learn about the lives of real transgender people.</p>
<p>In an <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/09/02/dont-let-your-kids-watch-chaz-bono-on-dancing-with-stars/">opinion column</a> published on the Fox News website earlier this month, Dr. Ablow said that children should not be allowed to watch Chaz Bono perform as a contestant on ABC’s <em>Dancing with the Stars</em>, because they might be inspired to become transgender. Ablow called Bono’s appearance on this show “toxic and unnecessary,” and “very nearly insane” while implying that all transgender people have an “abnormal psychology” and live life in "a very dark place."</p>
<p>This is worse than complete nonsense – it’s Ablow neglecting his duties as a doctor, and instead playing the role of an anti-transgender activist, spreading harmful misinformation about the lives of transgender people. These are the dehumanizing myths and lies that lead to the widespread discrimination and violence that transgender Americans face every day. After all, if a person believes, as Ablow does, that the acceptance of another person as part of society is “toxic and unnecessary,” then why would they treat that person with respect and dignity?</p>
<p>The American Psychiatric Association issued a statement from their president, Dr. John. M. Oldham in response to Ablow's comments. Oldham stated categorically, "There is no evidence that viewing a television game show with a transgender contestant would induce ... young people (to become transgender)."</p>
<p>Dr. Jack Drescher, a psychiatrist who specializes in issues of gender and sexual orientation (unlike Keith Ablow) <a href="http://www.bilerico.com/2011/09/the_doctor_is_out_of_touch.php">wrote</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p style="margin-left:.5in;"> [Ablow's] views on gender confusion mix apples with oranges and have little basis in current clinical practices. Dr. Ablow is within his rights to express personal opinions about transgender people. However, as a psychiatrist speaking in a public forum, his audience is entitled to accurate scientific knowledge of a complex subject rather than opinions, scare tactics and inflammatory language.</p>
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<p>As Ablow is part of the Fox News "Medical A-Team," much of the broadcast media attention he’s received has been on their network. But even there, Ablow has been challenged by hosts <a href="http://www.newshounds.us/2011/09/15/megyn_kelly_calls_out_dr_keith_ablow_for_spreading_hate.php">Megyn Kelly</a> and <a href="http://www.mediaite.com/tv/dr-keith-ablow-tells-oreilly-chaz-bono-on-dwts-akin-to-celebrating-anorexia-heroin/">Bill O’Reilly</a>, who both defended Chaz against Ablow’s claims and seemed to support his inclusion on this season of <em>Dancing with the Stars</em>.</p>
<p>The truth is that because few Americans have close friends, family members or colleagues who are openly transgender, there is a risk that someone might take Ablow’s comments at face value as the words of a doctor with an objective opinion. But Ablow is not objective about this issue. He is a very vocal anti-transgender activist who has made no secret of his biases. As we've seen, the American Psychiatric Association has felt compelled to speak out against his biased, unscientific statements.</p>
<p>Dr. Ablow is using his medical credentials as a cover for espousing discrimination against transgender people. As Americans get to know and understand Chaz Bono, they are learning that transgender people can lead happy, healthy lives and deserve to be treated with the same dignity as anyone else. By suggesting that they should live in the shadows, instead of allowing them to celebrate living their lives authentically, Dr. Ablow does a disservice to his profession by promoting harm instead of health.</p>
<p>GLAAD calls on responsible medical and mental health professionals to continue to clarify the unscientific misinformation promulgated by Keith Ablow and other anti-transgender activists. We will continue to work with transgender people to amplify their voices so that the truth can be heard over the lies.</p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-pubdate field-type-datetime field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">September 22, 2011</span></div></div></div>
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<li class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/bill-oreilly">Bill O&#039;Reilly</a>, </li>
<li class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/megyn-kelly">Megyn Kelly</a>, </li>
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Thu, 22 Sep 2011 15:46:51 +0000aaronmcquade34553 at http://www.glaad.orghttp://www.glaad.org/blog/fox-commentators-anti-trans-claims-are-nonsense#commentsGay Friendly McDonald's Ad Should Run in United Stateshttp://www.glaad.org/2010/06/16/gay-friendly-mcdonalds-ad-should-run-in-united-states
<div class="field field-name-field-blog-featured field-type-file field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href="http://glaadblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/McDonalds.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-22190" title="McDonald's" src="http://glaadblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/McDonalds.jpg" alt="" width="141" height="137" /></a>A <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/01/gay-mcdonalds-ad-in-franc_n_596361.html" target="_blank">gay friendly McDonald’s commercial airing in France </a>this month has become a viral sensation around the world. Millions of people have viewed the ad online and media outlets have covered the story extensively. <a href="http://glaadblog.org/2010/06/03/call-to-action-demand-that-bill-oreilly-fox-news-apologize-for-comparing-gay-people-to-al-qaeda/" target="_blank">GLAAD issued a Call to Action</a> after Fox host Bill O’Reilly jokingly suggested that this may lead McDonald’s to produce an ad targeting the international terrorist group, al Qaeda.</p>
<p>This past Sunday the <a href="http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2010-06-13/business/ct-biz-0613-mcdonalds-thompson-20100613_1_mcdonald-michael-oneal-don-thompson" target="_blank">Chicago Tribune asked McDonald’s Operations Chief, Don Thompson to comment</a> about the ad and Thompson confirmed that it will not run in the United States:</p>
<p><strong><em>Tribune: A French TV ad featuring a gay teen and his father has stirred some controversy — not there, but here. Can you talk about that?</em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>Thompson: It is an example that markets, cultures are very different around the world. (For instance), I've never shied away from the fact that I'm a Christian. I have my own personal beliefs and I don't impose those on anybody else. I've been in countries where the majority of the people in the country don't believe in a deity or they may be atheist. Or the majority of the country is Muslim. Or it may be the majority is much younger skewed. So when you look at all these differences, it's not that I'm to be the judge or the jury relative to right or wrong. Having said that, at McDonald's, there are core values we stand for and the world is getting much closer. So we have a lot of conversations. We're going to make some mistakes at times. (We talk) about things that may have an implication in one part of the world and may be the cultural norm in another part of the world. And those are things that, yes, we're going to learn from. But, you're right, that commercial won't show in the United States.</em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>Tribune: How has it done in France?</em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>Thompson: Interestingly enough, there have been no negatives coming out of France. The brand is a local brand and different things will occur in different parts of the world. We just have to make sure that we understand the impact one action may make on another part of the world.</em></strong></p>
<p>It’s disappointing that McDonald’s is not airing the commercial in the United States. And Thompson’s suggestion that the decision to air it in France might have been a “mistake” is equally troubling.</p>
<p>According to <a href="http://www.portfolio.com/views/blogs/daily-brief/2010/06/15/mcdonalds-coo-thompson-says-no-gay-ad-for-united-states" target="_blank">Conde' Nast's Portfolio.com</a> "the <a href="http://www.nglcc.org/" target="_blank">National Gay &amp; Lesbian Chamber of Commerce </a>sent a letter to McDonald's CEO James Skinner telling him it was offensive for [McDonald's] to run the ad only in France and that the organization was severing ties with the company."</p>
<p>Thompson also seems to suggest that “cultural norms” in this country would prevent such an ad from being widely accepted. Other U.S. based companies have recently taken bold steps in LGBT inclusive in advertising campaigns. In the fall of 2009 GLAAD honored those companies at our first <a href="http://www.glaad.org/advertisingawards" target="_blank">GLAAD Media Awards in Advertising</a> event. Levi's, Orbitz, Allstate and other corporations are stepping up to the plate and demonstrating their commitment to marketing to the LGBT community. Those same companies have diversity policies mandating that they treat their LGBT employees with respect and offer them the same benefits straight employees are afforded.</p>
<p>GLAAD challenges not only McDonald’s but all companies to create LGBT inclusive ad campaigns for markets around the world, including here in the United States. McDonald’s should strongly consider recreating the French gay friendly ad for the U.S. market.<br />
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<p>GLAAD’s Advertising Media Program, incorporating the former The Commercial Closet Association, became a program of GLAAD in 2009. In addition to housing a comprehensive database of LGBT-themed ads with analysis and commentary, GLAAD will be advocating for fair, accurate and inclusive images in ad media and working with advertising media professionals to provide consultation and training on LGBT visibility and issues.</p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-pubdate field-type-datetime field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">June 16, 2010</span></div></div></div>
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Wed, 14 Sep 2011 20:18:11 +0000glaad32996 at http://www.glaad.orghttp://www.glaad.org/2010/06/16/gay-friendly-mcdonalds-ad-should-run-in-united-states#commentsGLAAD Calls on Advertisers to Explain Support for Fox's "The O'Reilly Factor"http://www.glaad.org/2010/06/04/glaad-calls-on-advertisers-to-explain-support-for-foxs-the-oreilly-factor
<div class="field field-name-field-blog-featured field-type-file field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href="http://glaadblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/oreilly200.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-21842" title="oreilly200" src="http://glaadblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/oreilly200.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="241" /></a>Today GLAAD released a list of advertisers that supported the June 2 broadcast of Fox News’ “The O’Reilly Factor.” <a href="http://glaadblog.org/2010/06/03/call-to-action-demand-that-bill-oreilly-fox-news-apologize-for-comparing-gay-people-to-al-qaeda/" target="_blank">During that broadcast</a>, host Bill O’Reilly likened gay people to the international terrorist organization, al Qaeda.</p>
<p>After playing a gay-friendly McDonald’s commercial from France, O’Reilly asked commentator Jane Skinner to weigh in on the content. Skinner pointed out that the ad campaign is “part of an overreaching campaign called ‘come as you are,’ which you saw at the end there. So they show people in different walks of life.” O’Reilly then asked, “Do they have an al Qaeda ad, you know, come as you are? You know?”</p>
<p>Following GLAAD’s June 3 Call to Action that urged Fox News and Bill O’Reilly to apologize for the defamatory remarks, <a href="http://www.change.org/glaad/petitions/view/act_now_demand_that_bill_oreilly_fox_news_apologize_for_comparing_gay_people_to_al_qaeda" target="_blank">nearly three thousand people sent letters</a> to FOX News executives and producers of “The O’Reilly Factor” to voice their concerns.</p>
<p>Today we are contacting the 35 companies that advertised during the broadcast to ask how they justify supporting this type of defamation.</p>
<p>Please see a complete list of advertisers below. GLAAD will keep you updated on any responses we receive.</p>
<p>. Farmers Insurance Group</p>
<p>· Porsche</p>
<p>· Broadview Security</p>
<p>· Atlantis Resort</p>
<p>· EHarmony.com</p>
<p>· Infiniti (NISSAN),</p>
<p>· Amway Global</p>
<p>· Accu-Chek Aviva (ROCHE)</p>
<p>· NHTSA</p>
<p>· Activision</p>
<p>· AT&amp;T</p>
<p>· Carbonite (CarboniteTV.com)</p>
<p>· Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc.</p>
<p>· Smart Balance Milk</p>
<p>· Starbucks</p>
<p>· Pulaski &amp; Middleman LLC</p>
<p>· Foundation for a Better Life</p>
<p>· Merit Financial</p>
<p>· Kelloggs</p>
<p>· Lending Tree</p>
<p>· AARP</p>
<p>· Terminix</p>
<p>· Mayflower</p>
<p>· Holiday Inn</p>
<p>· Skip Gambert &amp; Associates</p>
<p>· AmazonKindle</p>
<p>· Geico</p>
<p>· Lexus</p>
<p>· Peachtree Settlement</p>
<p>· Vonage</p>
<p>· Citracal</p>
<p>· T. Rowe Price</p>
<p>· Dr. Scholls</p>
<p>· Mercedes</p>
<p>· Jack Victor</p>
<p><a href="http://www.glaad.org/calltoaction/oreilly/june10#original">View the original Call to Action from June 3, 2010.</a></p>
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Wed, 14 Sep 2011 20:18:08 +0000glaad32966 at http://www.glaad.orghttp://www.glaad.org/2010/06/04/glaad-calls-on-advertisers-to-explain-support-for-foxs-the-oreilly-factor#commentsCALL TO ACTION: Demand that Bill O'Reilly & FOX News Apologize for Comparing Gay People to al Qaedahttp://www.glaad.org/2010/06/03/call-to-action-demand-that-bill-oreilly-fox-news-apologize-for-comparing-gay-people-to-al-qaeda
<div class="field field-name-field-blog-featured field-type-file field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href="http://glaadblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/oreilly3.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-21747 alignright" title="o'reilly" src="http://glaadblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/oreilly3-300x195.jpg" alt="" width="210" height="137" /></a>On the June 2 edition of Fox News Channel’s “The O’Reilly Factor,” host Bill O’Reilly made highly offensive comments while discussing a gay themed McDonald’s advertisement currently airing in France.</p>
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After playing the ad for his viewers O’Reilly asked Jane Skinner to weigh in on the content. Skinner pointed out that the ad campaign is “part of an overreaching campaign called ‘come as you are,’ which you saw at the end there. So they show people in different walks of life.” O’Reilly then asked, “Do they have an al Qaeda ad, you know, come as you are? You know?”</p>
<p><strong>Watch the video below:</strong><br /><a name="video" id="video"></a></p>
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Instead of evaluating the commercial in a fair manner, O’Reilly used the occasion to defame the LGBT community, suggesting that McDonald’s might begin marketing to terrorists simply because the company produced a gay friendly television commercial. His lighthearted tone in the segment was equally disturbing.</p>
<p>Cable opinion programs like “The O’Reilly Factor” have a responsibility to cover issues with a level of respect and civility. Bill O’Reilly failed to live up to that standard in making these defamatory remarks. Fox News Channel is equally accountable for allowing O’Reilly a platform for this insulting and irresponsible commentary.</p>
<p><strong>TAKE ACTION NOW!</strong></p>
<p>Please contact Fox News Channel and voice your concerns about Bill O’Reilly history of verbal attacks on LGBT people including this latest incident of comparing the gay community to al Qaeda. Urge O’Reilly and Fox News to apologize and tell the network to stop allowing its airwaves to be used for anti-gay defamation.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.glaad.org/calltoaction/oreilly/june10/takeaction">Click here to send an email demanding apologies from Bill O'Reilly and FOX News executives.</a> </strong><a href="http://www.glaad.org/calltoaction/oreilly/june10/takeaction"></a></p>
<p><strong>Contacts:</strong></p>
<p>Amy Sohnen<br />
Executive Producer, The O’Reilly Factor<br />
Fox News Channel<br />
(212) 301-3197<br /><a href="mailto:sohnen@foxnews.com">sohnen@foxnews.com</a></p>
<p>William Shine<br />
Programming Executive Vice President<br />
Fox News Channel<br />
(212) 301-3289<br /><a href="mailto:bill.shine@foxnews.com">bill.shine@foxnews.com</a></p>
<p>David Clark<br />
Programming Senior Executive Producer<br />
Fox News Channel<br />
(212) 301-5352<br /><a href="mailto:david.clark@foxnews.com">david.clark@foxnews.com</a></p>
<p>Brian Lewis<br />
Corporate Communications Executive Vice President<br />
Fox News Channel<br />
(212) 301-3331<br /><a href="mailto:lewis@foxnews.com">lewis@foxnews.com</a></p>
<p><strong>GLAAD Contacts:</strong></p>
<p>Cindi Creager<br />
Director of National News<br />
(646) 871-8019<br /><a href="http://www.glaad.org/calltoaction/oreilly/creager@glaad.org">creager@glaad.org</a></p>
<p>Richard Ferraro<br />
Director of Public Relations<br />
(646) 871-8011<br /><a href="http://www.glaad.org/calltoaction/oreilly/ferraro@glaad.org">ferraro@glaad.org</a></p>
<p>Read <a href="http://www.glaad.org/calltoaction/oreilly/june10">GLAAD's call to action</a>.</p>
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Wed, 14 Sep 2011 20:18:08 +0000glaad32963 at http://www.glaad.orghttp://www.glaad.org/2010/06/03/call-to-action-demand-that-bill-oreilly-fox-news-apologize-for-comparing-gay-people-to-al-qaeda#commentsO'Reilly Comments On Gay Affirming Ad Highly Offensivehttp://www.glaad.org/2010/06/03/oreilly-comments-off-the-mark-on-gay-affirming-ad
<div class="field field-name-field-blog-featured field-type-file field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><em><strong>Update: </strong></em>Please see <a href="http://glaadblog.org/2010/06/03/call-to-action-demand-that-bill-oreilly-fox-news-apologize-for-comparing-gay-people-to-al-qaeda/">CALL TO ACTION: Demand that Bill O’Reilly &amp; FOX News Apologize for Comparing Gay People to al Qaeda</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://glaadblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/oreilly3.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-21747 alignleft" title="o'reilly" src="http://glaadblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/oreilly3-300x195.jpg" alt="" width="210" height="137" /></a>On the June 2 edition of Fox News Channel's "The O'Reilly Factor," host Bill O'Reilly played footage of gay affirming McDonald's ad currently airing in France. He then discussed the content with Jane Skinner.</p>
<!--more--><p> <a href="http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/201006030001" target="_blank">Media Matters for America posted the video here</a>, and you can watch it below.</p>
<p>Skinner pointed out that the ad campaign showed people "in different walks of life. This happens to be their gay friendly ad," O'Reilly then asked, "Do they have an al Qaeda ad, you know, come as you are?"<br /><a name="video" id="video"></a></p>
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Instead evaluating the commercial in a fair manner, O’Reilly used the occasion to defame the LGBT community, suggesting that McDonald’s might begin marketing to terrorists simply because the company produced a gay friendly television commercial. His lighthearted tone in the segment was equally disturbing.</p>
<p>Please voice your serious concerns about this defamatory comment to the O'Reilly Factor here: <em>oreilly</em>@<em>foxnews.com</em></p>
<p><em><strong>Update: </strong></em>Please see <a href="../2010/06/03/call-to-action-demand-that-bill-oreilly-fox-news-apologize-for-comparing-gay-people-to-al-qaeda/">CALL TO ACTION: Demand that Bill O’Reilly &amp; FOX News Apologize for Comparing Gay People to al Qaeda</a>.</p>
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Wed, 14 Sep 2011 20:18:08 +0000glaad32962 at http://www.glaad.orghttp://www.glaad.org/2010/06/03/oreilly-comments-off-the-mark-on-gay-affirming-ad#commentsFOX News Distorts Trans-Inclusive Guidelines in Maine Public Schoolshttp://www.glaad.org/2010/04/15/fox-news-distorts-trans-inclusive-guidelines-in-maine-public-schools
<div class="field field-name-field-blog-featured field-type-file field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href="http://glaadblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/OReilly-Trio_260x150.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-20000" title="OReilly Trio_260x150" src="http://glaadblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/OReilly-Trio_260x150.jpg" alt="" width="261" height="150" /></a>Over the past two days, <em>FOX New Channel </em>has contributed to increasing public misconceptions about the <a href="http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/138022.html">efforts of the Maine Human Rights Commission</a> to make the state's public schools safe and comfortable for all students. Fox aired two irresponsible segments on the commission’s proposal to issue guidelines on <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/projects/pdf/2-08-2010_Draft_MHRC_Sexual_Orientation_Guidance.pdf">“Sexual Orientation in Schools and Colleges”</a> to all Maine public schools.</p>
<p>The proposed guidelines direct administrators to allow transgender students to use the bathrooms and locker rooms and to participate on gender-segregated sports teams in accordance with their gender identity. These guidelines were developed in response to a case, currently before a Superior Court in Maine, of a transgender girl who was denied access to the girls’ restrooms at school.</p>
<p>The guidelines do not create any new legislation. They are intended to instruct public school educators and administrators on how to ensure their schools are in line with the Maine Human Rights Act, amended in 2005 to include protection from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation which the act <a href="http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/statutes/5/title5sec4553.html">defines</a> as an umbrella term including gender identity or expression.</p>
<p>On Tuesday, April 13<sup>th</sup>, the FOX coverage of this story began with <em>America Liv</em>e anchor <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYBxX5qLVNg">Megyn Kelly hosting Mara Keisling</a>, executive director of the <a href="http://www.transequality.org/">National Center for Transgender Equality</a>, to discuss the potential impact of the proposed guidelines on Maine’s students:</p>
<p><span class="file"><img class="file-icon" alt="" title="video/youtube" src="/modules/file/icons/video-x-generic.png" /> <a href="/" type="video/youtube; length=0">kYBxX5qLVNg</a></span><br />
Throughout the interview, the inaccurate headline “Maine Considers Ban on Gender Specific School Bathrooms” sat at the bottom of the screen, despite Keisling’s explicit comments to the contrary. Kelly’s lack of knowledge about transgender children and gender identity in general was demonstrated by her repeated reference to transgender girls using male pronouns, and her implication that these guidelines would essentially allow boys into girls’ facilities.</p>
<p>Keisling did an excellent job of educating Kelly and her viewers about the true reasons for, and positive impacts of these guidelines, and we thank FOX for its decision to invite such a qualified spokesperson on the air. However, the the network's own misrepresentation of facts is highly problematic.</p>
<p>The irresponsible commentary and reporting then increased yesterday when Bill O’Reilly, Lis Wiehl, and Kimberly Guilfoyle <a href="http://video.foxnews.com/v/4148661/bathroom-battle-in-maine-schools/?playlist_id=87937" target="_blank">discussed the proposal</a><a href="http://video.foxnews.com/v/4148661/bathroom-battle-in-maine-schools/?playlist_id=87937" target="_blank"> </a>with shocking flippancy and disregard on <em>The O'Reilly Factor</em>. O’Reilly’s answer to the question of how to accommodate a transgender student was:</p>
<blockquote><p>"Why is it bad to use the boys’ room when you were born a boy? …You were born a boy, and that [the boys’ bathroom] is where you’re going. And if you don’t like it, you can go home and go to the bathroom and come back."</p></blockquote>
<p>This line of commentary by O’Reilly and Guilfoyle was disturbing at best. It completely failed to address the intense discomfort and harassment that trans and gender non-conforming students endure on a daily basis when forced to use gender-segregated facilities at school.</p>
<p>FOX’s coverage of this story reduced and twisted the powerful and necessary guidelines for creating inclusive and respectful learning environments into a crude and biased argument about public restrooms, and misrepresented the experiences of transgender children in schools.</p>
<p>In contrast, local media outlets in Maine have been covering the story fairly and accurately since early March, when the commission met to pass the proposal but ultimately <a href="http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/138022.html">decided to postpone a decision</a> until it had allowed more time for public commentary.</p>
<p>On Monday, unfortunately the commission cancelled the public hearing and announced that it would be postponing any further work, at least temporarily. <a href="http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/141166.html"><strong><em>The Bangor Daily News</em></strong></a> printed a thorough and fair story of this decision.</p>
<p><strong>Take Action:<br /></strong></p>
<p>Contact Fox's Megyn Kelly and Bill O'Reilly and voice your concerns about these problematic segments that misrepresented efforts to keep transgender children safe in Maine schools.</p>
<p>Send an email to <a href="mailto:Kelly@foxnews.com">Kelly@foxnews.com</a> and <a href="mailto:oreilly@foxnews.com">oreilly@foxnews.com</a>.</p>
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Wed, 14 Sep 2011 20:17:57 +0000glaad32859 at http://www.glaad.orghttp://www.glaad.org/2010/04/15/fox-news-distorts-trans-inclusive-guidelines-in-maine-public-schools#commentsBill O’Reilly Regarding Gays: “God made the[m]... that way, and I agree.”http://www.glaad.org/2009/06/12/bill-o%25e2%2580%2599reilly-regarding-gays-%25e2%2580%259cgod-made-them-that-way-and-i-agree%25e2%2580%259d
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<p>Host Bill O'Reilly and guest Dennis Miller on the June 10th broadcast of The O'Reilly Factor.</p>
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<p>Is Bill O’Reilly changing his tune on gays?</p>
<p>On the June 10th broadcast of The O’Reilly Factor, <a href="http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200906100054">O’Reilly said</a> things like “God made the[m]. . . that way, and I agree” and “I don’t know what’s happening to our society. . . I’m not one of those guys that thinks you should be converting anyone to anything. . .[i]f they’re happy, they’re happy.”</p>
<p>Then again, he and his guest, Dennis Miller, were discussing lesbian penguins, not gay and lesbian people (and making jokes at the expense of transgender folks, too).</p>
<p>See the full clip <a href="http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200906100054">here</a>:</p>
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<p>O’Reilly has a history of comparing marriage equality to <a href="http://glaadblog.org/2009/05/13/bill-oreillys-evolution-marriage-equality-thing-will-lead-to-unions-with-a-goat-duck-turtle-dolphin/">inter-species marriage</a>, polygamy and incest, and has made our Worst Anti-LGBT Voices of the Year list <a href="http://www.bgay.com/news/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=119&amp;Itemid=23">for the last</a> <a href="http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2009/01/glaads-worst-anti-gay-voices-of-2008.html">two years</a>. Recently while speaking to a guest, Margaret Hoover, on a May 12 broadcast about extending marriage to same-sex couples, <a href="http://glaadblog.org/2009/05/13/bill-oreillys-evolution-marriage-equality-thing-will-lead-to-unions-with-a-goat-duck-turtle-dolphin/">O’Reilly told</a> her:</p>
<blockquote><p>“[Y]ou would let everybody get married who wants to get married. You want to marry a turtle, you can.”</p></blockquote>
<p>And last year, O’Reilly said that Americans don’t want to see “homosexual behavior legitimized” in an on-air tirade against Whoopi Goldberg’s brief kiss with Katy Perry on The View in July 2008.</p>
<p>But <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,525874,00.html">he also concluded</a> during his June 10 show that an attempt at so-called “conversion” therapy for a group of lesbian penguins at a zoo in Bremen, Germany, was inappropriate:</p>
<blockquote><p>I don't know — it's — I don't what's happening to our society, [Dennis] Miller, which is why I'm discussing this with you. No. 1, if the penguin is gay, leave the penguin alone. God made the penguin that way. And I agree. I mean, I'm not one of these guys that thinks you should be converting anybody to anything ... So why is the Bremen Zoo trying to make these penguins straight if, indeed, they are gay? Why bother? You know what I'm talking about? If they're happy, they're happy.</p></blockquote>
<p>Will this compassion and support for lesbian penguins lead Bill O’Reilly to have more compassion and support for loving and committed same-sex couples? Will he begin to realize same-sex couples are no different than their straight friends, family or neighbors and that they should be able to take care of and be responsible for their spouse just the same as any other family?</p>
<p>One could only hope....</p>
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Wed, 14 Sep 2011 20:16:21 +0000moeatglaad32063 at http://www.glaad.orghttp://www.glaad.org/2009/06/12/bill-o%25e2%2580%2599reilly-regarding-gays-%25e2%2580%259cgod-made-them-that-way-and-i-agree%25e2%2580%259d#commentsBill O’Reilly’s Evolution - Marriage Equality "Thing" Will Lead to Unions With A "Goat," "Duck," "Turtle," "Dolphin"http://www.glaad.org/2009/05/13/bill-oreillys-evolution-marriage-equality-thing-will-lead-to-unions-with-a-goat-duck-turtle-dolphin
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Yesterday, he made yet another reference on his show, <em>The O'Reilly Factor</em>. Speaking to guest Margaret Hoover, he said:</p>
<blockquote><p>O'Reilly: Hoover, you would let everybody get married who want to get married. You want to marry a turtle, you can.</p></blockquote>
<p>You can watch the segment below:</p>
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<p>Back in 2005, <a href="http://mediamatters.org/research/200503310004" target="_blank"><em>Media Matters</em></a> had taken notice of similar commentary from O'Reilly, but then it was goats. From the March 29, 2005, edition of <em>The Radio Factor</em>:</p>
<blockquote><p>O'Reilly: The judges in Massachusetts knew they weren't going to be impeached when they said to the state legislature, "Gay marriage is now legal in Massachusetts because we say it is. We the judges" -- they knew they weren't gonna be impeached. They knew the legislature didn't care. You get the government you deserve. In California, the prevailing wisdom is marijuana is no big deal, let's legalize it. And since we can't get that through the legislature, we'll do it this way. And they did it! You see?</p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p>And 10 years, this is gonna be a totally different country than it is right now. Laws that you think are in stone -- they're gonna evaporate, man. You'll be able to marry a goat -- you mark my words!</p></blockquote>
<p>A few weeks later, O'Reilly <a href="http://mediamatters.org/clips/200504150005" target="_blank">continued</a> with his goat fixation on the April 13, 2005, edition of <em>The Radio Factor</em>:</p>
<blockquote><p>Now, there was another request up there from a woman -- prisoner, inmate, convict -- who wanted to marry another woman who's not in prison. And, I guess they're still mullin' that over. No, it was denied -- no, I'm sorry, they're mullin' it over -- no, it was approved! Oooh, no, look at this! The other request was approved because it involved the marriage of a female inmate to a woman who's not in prison. See, I woulda denied that. I'd have said, "When you get outta prison, you can marry her." But not here. This isn't pre-Cana [Catholic premarital counseling] prison -- all right, you can't do that. See, I'm not buyin' into any of this politically correct nonsense. If you're a prisoner, you're a convict, you lose your rights until you get out. So, I'm sorry. We're not lettin' you get married, not gonna let you drive a car, you can't vote. You're in -- you're in, that's it.</p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p>So this is just the beginning, ladies and gentlemen, of this crazy gay marriage insanity -- is gonna lead to all kinds of things like this. Courts are gonna be clogged. Every nut in the world is gonna -- somebody's gonna come in and say, "I wanna marry the goat." You'll see it; I guarantee you'll see it.</p></blockquote>
<p>By the <a href="http://mediamatters.org/clips/200509160009" target="_blank">September 14, 2005</a>, edition of his radio show, O'Reilly had moved on to ducks:</p>
<blockquote><p>The secular progressive movement would like to have marriage abolished, in my opinion. They don't want it, because it is not diverse enough. You know, that's what this gay marriage thing is all about. But now, you know, the poly-amorphous marriage, whatever they call it, you can marry 18 people, you can marry a duck...</p></blockquote>
<p>Click <a href="http://mediamatters.org/clips/200509160009" target="_blank">here</a> for the audio, courtesy of <em>Media Matters</em>.</p>
<p>In between the turtles of 2009 and the goats and ducks of 2005, came the dolphins of 2006. From the January 4, 2006, edition of <em>The O'Reilly Factor</em>, where he compared marriage equality to a woman marrying a dolphin:</p>
<blockquote><p>One of the arguments against gay marriage, that we just spoke about, is that if it becomes law, all other alternative marital visions will be allowed. We've already seen a Dutchman marry two ladies in the Netherlands. Looks like a happy guy. And now comes word that a British woman has married a dolphin in Israel. Forty-one-year-old Sharon Tendler has tied the knot with a 35-year-old mammal, so age is no problem there.</p></blockquote>
<p>Click <a href="http://mediamatters.org/clips/200601050008" target="_blank">here</a> to watch the video.</p>
<p>As <em>Media Matters</em> <a href="http://mediamatters.org/clips/200601050008" target="_blank">wryly noted</a>, Tendler's "marriage" was not legally recognized:</p>
<blockquote><p>According to an Associated Press report, Tendler's "marriage" was not a legal one. She reportedly "still kept open the option of 'marrying human' at some stage," but, "she said for now she was strictly a 'one-dolphin woman,' " and that she "hope[s] he has a lot of baby dolphins with the other dolphins. The more dolphins the better."</p></blockquote>
<p>Also, the Dutchman O'Reilly referred to was also not <a href="http://www.anonymousliberal.com/2005/10/is-polygamy-really-legal-in.html" target="_blank">legally married</a> according to sources who actually researched the case.</p>
<p>For facts and more information on marriage equality, please head over to <a href="http://freedomtomarry.org/">www.FreedomToMarry.org</a> and read through GLAAD's <em><a href="http://www.glaad.org/Page.aspx?pid=482">Talking About</a></em> series.</p>
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Wed, 14 Sep 2011 20:16:10 +0000glaad31979 at http://www.glaad.orghttp://www.glaad.org/2009/05/13/bill-oreillys-evolution-marriage-equality-thing-will-lead-to-unions-with-a-goat-duck-turtle-dolphin#commentsFox News: The O'Reilly Factor - Dennis Miller on Barney Frankhttp://www.glaad.org/2008/11/13/fox-news-the-oreilly-factor-dennis-miller-on-barney-frank
<div class="field field-name-field-blog-featured field-type-file field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>On The O'Reilly Factor with Bill O'Reilly, comedian Dennis Miller makes a suggestive comment that openly gay congressman and Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Barney Frank, might "want to be arrested." The comment was followed by laughter and looks of disgust from both Miller and O'Reilly.</p>
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Wed, 14 Sep 2011 20:14:55 +0000Justin31306 at http://www.glaad.orghttp://www.glaad.org/2008/11/13/fox-news-the-oreilly-factor-dennis-miller-on-barney-frank#commentsNewsday Explores Hate Speech and Hate Violencehttp://www.glaad.org/2008/08/14/newsday-explores-hate-speech-and-hate-violence
<div class="field field-name-field-blog-featured field-type-file field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>When a man walked into the Tennesse Valley Unitarian Universalist Church in Knoxville and started shooting “because of its liberal teachings” on July 27, <a href="http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jOAQKzY-aOBqDspFkEAV_ZO65vZAD926PRRO1">media coverage</a> rightly focused on the tragedy, and also drew <a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/07/28/church.shooting/index.html">attention to the anti-gay sentiments</a> held by the shooter, who murdered two church members and seriously wounded seven others.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-oprug135798395aug13,0,425365.story">Yesterday, Jenna Kern-Rugile at <em>Newsday</em></a> took the story one step further to ask if hate-speech-fueled media played any role in creating a climate where the violence inflicted upon the LGBT-friendly church was more likely to occur. The shooter was an avid consumer of shock jocks with a track record of virulently – and sometimes violent - anti-gay sentiments (Kern-Rugile lists Sean Hannity, Bill O’Reilly and Michael Savage). The article, however, makes a larger point about the cultural climate that tolerates virulently anti-gay rhetoric. Rory O’ Connor, an author of a study on shock jocks and hate speech, noted to <em>Newsday</em>: “Sure these guys hold some responsibility for what happened, but we all hold responsibility – particularly anyone who hasn’t stood up and spoken out against hate speech.”</p>
<p>The <em>Newsday </em>piece asks some interesting questions about the media’s role in creating an anti-gay climate, but it leaves many unanswered. As Kern-Rugile herself points out: “Crazy people can always find some inspiration for their actions, be it a book or a dog or a rock band.” No matter what the cause of the shooter’s actions, we encourage other media outlets to examine exactly how fair and accurate their own coverage of the LGBT community is. As more corporations recognize and are attuned to the needs of their LGBT employees – and consumers – they will have to become accountable for the content they put out.</p>
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